Work one-on-one with an executive at mutually agreed upon times around your schedule. To start, you'll have a 15-minute strategy call with your executive to get the lay of the land for the month. Then, you’ll have email access to your executive throughout, plus four one-hour story notes sessions. Work on a single screenplay or multiple scripts plus get additional notes on your pitch, brand strategy, and career advice - work your mentorship to its fullest potential!
The more visuals and less text on the screen the better. Allow your audience to engage in the visual while you talk through what they need to know. Mood boards are really important for someone to visualize and see what your project can look like. Character is the most important thing. What is their driving force? Why do we care? What are they hoping to accomplish? Make sure they're multifaceted and not one dimensional. Why this movie? Why now? Why are you the best person suited to tell it?
Finding feature scripts that are in the elevated genre space. Specifically sci-fi, thriller, horror, action and adventure. Also always trying to find a period piece war project (WWI or WWII).
Some examples of films in these spaces are: BLINK TWICE, A QUIET PLACE, BARBARIAN, LONGLEGS, SPEAK NO EVIL, 1917, INDIANA JONES, SICARIO, THE EQUALIZER, ARRIVAL, and ALIEN: ROMULUS.
On the drama side, I'm more inclined toward projects like PAST LIVES, CONCLAVE, and ANATOMY OF A FALL.
Marisa was most recently a Director of Development at STX in the film group. She’s worked on projects like BED REST, NATIONAL CHAMPIONS and GREENLAND: MIGRATION in addition to a lot of other movies that are in development there. Before STX, Marisa worked at Legendary for producer Cale Boyter. While there, she helped work on projects such as DUNE, MINECRAFT, POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU, THE MACHINE and A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS. Marisa started off at WME as an assistant in Motion Picture Lit and TV Lit.
Private Month Mentorship
Each month mentorship kicks off with a preliminary 15-min. call to set expectations and lay out strategy for the month. Writer will have email access to the executive plus 4x one-hour consultations with the exec. Exec will read up to 4 scripts in one month (different drafts of the same script or 4 different scripts) and conduct 4x one-hour story notes calls. Calls can also include feedback on your pitch, branding, or career strategy.
If you pay with the deposit/payment plan, your second half will be due the 2nd week of the Mentorship. If you need a different type of payment plan, email dorian@roadmapwriters.com.
**Please note feature screenplays are limited to 120 pages maximum. Please contact terra@roadmapwriters.com for pricing on a Month Mentorship on screenplays exceeding 120 pages.
What To Expect
After registering, you will receive an automatic Order Confirmation email. Then Roadmap's Director of Consultations, Terra Joy, will get your mentor looped in with you! If you do not hear from Terra or the exec within 3 days of registering, feel free to email terra@roadmapwriters.com for an update.
Before starting your Month Mentorship, please ensure you are familiar with our Code of Conduct.